ISBN:
9780415559706
,
0415559707
Language:
English
Pages:
XI, 246 S.
,
25 cm
Edition:
1. publ.
Series Statement:
Royal Asiatic Society books 21
DDC:
954.03/5
Keywords:
Political violence History 20th century
;
Violence History 20th century
;
State-sponsored terrorism History
;
20th century
;
India
;
Political violence History
;
20th century
;
India
;
Violence History
;
20th century
;
India
;
India Politics and government 1919-1947
;
India Politics and government 1947-
;
India Politics and government
;
1919-1947
;
Indien
;
Kolonialismus
;
Politik
;
Gewalt
;
Strafjustiz
;
Geschichte 1919-1956
Abstract:
Introduction : state violence and punishment in India, 1919-56 -- Jallianwala Bagh, the Punjab disturbances of 1919, and the limits of state power in India, 1919-20 -- Disobedience and discord : the non-cooperation movement, 1920-25 -- Extra-judicial punishments and the civil disobedience movement, 1930-34 -- Legislating against communal violence : the United Provinces Goonda Act and the Bombay Whipping Act, 1929-38 -- The hunger strikes of the Lahore Conspiracy Case prisoners, 1929-39 -- The Second World War and India's coercive network, 1939-46 -- Partition and the transitional state in India, 1947-48 -- The police action in Hyderabad and the making of the postcolonial state in India, 1947-56 -- Conclusion : rethinking colonial punishment, reassessing postcolonial India
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction : state violence and punishment in India, 1919-56 -- Jallianwala Bagh, the Punjab disturbances of 1919, and the limits of state power in India, 1919-20 -- Disobedience and discord : the non-cooperation movement, 1920-25 -- Extra-judicial punishments and the civil disobedience movement, 1930-34 -- Legislating against communal violence : the United Provinces Goonda Act and the Bombay Whipping Act, 1929-38 -- The hunger strikes of the Lahore Conspiracy Case prisoners, 1929-39 -- The Second World War and India's coercive network, 1939-46 -- Partition and the transitional state in India, 1947-48 -- The police action in Hyderabad and the making of the postcolonial state in India, 1947-56 -- Conclusion : rethinking colonial punishment, reassessing postcolonial India.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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